Soviet Russian Theater and Ballet — Fourth Soviet Theater Festival, 1936
Vierte Bühnenfestspiele. Moskau–Leningrad, 1–10 September 1936. Moscow: Intourist, 1936
A collection of 12 illustrated theater and ballet programs issued in German for foreign visitors attending the Fourth Soviet Theater Festival in Moscow and Leningrad. Includes performances of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, Boris Asafyev's The Fountain of Bakhchisarai, Dzerzhinsky's And Quiet Flows the Don, Tolstoy's Resurrection, Pogodin's Aristocrats, and works by Ilya Selvinsky, Lev Kassil, and Oleksandr Korniychuk.
The programs document Soviet theatrical production and cultural diplomacy during the early Stalinist period, featuring photographic illustrations and information on individual productions. Preserved in the original red cloth-covered Intourist portfolio with gilt-stamped metal title plaque.
Inv. BX13
Inv. BX13
